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Industry / Kenya

KEMSA Reviewed

July 2008 | Industry News

Validating BMI's view that Kenya's pharmaceutical supply chain is ineffective, the medical services minister, Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, has dismissed the entire board of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA). Nyong'o cited inefficiency and the supply of sub-standard products as reasons for the dismissal. A task force led by KEMSA's former director of medical services, Richard Muga, has been set up to review KEMSA's operation.The team will present its findings to the minister in

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